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No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
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Original name: No habrá paz para los malvados
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Chacón a judge in charge of investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search for the murderer. Santos and Chacon soon discover that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.
Style:
neo noir, rough, bleak, realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, noir, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
police officer, murder, police investigation, investigation, danger, dishonesty, murder witness, law enforcement, terrorism, dirty cop, violence, bandit, drug cartel, death, subway, victim, judiciary, threat, evidence, secret past, crime scene, surveillance camera, clue, drug, crooked cop ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain, madrid
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Most similar movies to No Rest for the Wicked
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about murder, law enforcement, deadly, police investigation, investigation, danger and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like No Rest for the Wicked: Box 507 (2002), Caught in the Crossfire (2010), Storage (2009), American Crime (2004), Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Modesto (Antonio Resines), an honest and responsible professional, is a manager of a small bank branch in Costa del Sol. His daughter died in a forest fire which he had thought to be accidental. One day he wakes up in his bank, after being locked ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fire, bank, danger, uncover truth, investigation, murder, political corruption, gangster, dishonesty, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, cons and scams ...
Place:
south america, morocco, spain
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, hood, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, police detective, partners against crime, gang, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, profanity, friendship, danger, rivalry, crooked cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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38%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Working at an underground city storage facility, a young man discovers evidence of a murder and vows to bring the killer to justice.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, injustice, vigilantism, frame up, investigation, death of father, danger, impossible love, evidence, retribution, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, woman in danger, life is a bitch, gangster, murder, who done it, danger, private detective, investigation, law enforcement, nordic, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After three women get killed, policewoman gets involved in the underworld of drugs and pornographic movies, when she starts investigating the case.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, urban ghetto, law enforcement, dishonesty, working undercover, city life, erotica, female police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dirty cop, police corruption, gang, street gang, drug dealing, guilt, internal affairs, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, working undercover, murder ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
los angeles, south america, latin america, cuba
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, police investigation, crime scene, partner, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, law enforcement, hitman, police investigation, drug dealing, criminal's revenge, violent content, gang, woman with a gun, drug deal, drug, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Investigating the gruesome murder of a cabinet minister's daughter, a special investigator and a local police detective find themselves knee-deep in political corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling noir thriller set in post-apartheid South ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, crime drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
political corruption, uncover truth, police investigation, political conspiracy, dishonesty, murder, danger, murder mystery, investigation, cover up, conspiracy, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, ghetto, murder, investigation, law enforcement, undercover, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A New York policeman imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his victim refuses to break and in fact urges more punishment
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gay subtext, punk, cat and mouse, corrupt cop, cop, big city, mind game, police corruption, heir, love triangle, alcohol abuse, sadomasochism ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Varg Veum is going to be a father. In a way he could never imagine, life takes on a new direction while he is searching for a missing pair of siblings in the prostitution circles in Bergen. Varg realizes that life will never be the same when he has ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private investigator, killing, uncover truth, police detective, forensics, family in danger, homicide detective, murder investigation, sleuth, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The police investigate the murder of a young woman whose corpse was frozen and dressed up like a doll.
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
police, corpse, police investigation, murder investigation, partner, name calling, murder, mysterious man, serial murder, evidence, partners against crime, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, husband wife relationship, investigation, politics, death, murder, terrorist, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom (Rolf Lassgård) is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, murder, law enforcement, hunting, weapons, police investigation, dishonesty, police officer, haunted by the past, manhunt, graphic violence, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, finland, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, investigator, investigation, uncover truth, gunfight, social relations, small town, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
twists and turns, violence, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, visceral, revenge, vigilantism, small town, father son relationship, intruder ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, gang, gangster, drug dealing, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, police investigation, human trafficking, drug, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, criminal's revenge, gangster, hitman, murder, fighting crime, police investigation, witnessing a crime, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased ...
Style:
suspense, intense, psychological, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, police investigation, ex law enforcer, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, ex cop, loss of mother, hitman, cash, virus, epidemic ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mysterious villain, police protagonist, law enforcement, life is a bitch, couple relations, police investigation, murder investigation, psychopath, evil man, police detective ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, investigation, mind game, fighting the system, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fall in love, danger, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, psychopath, dishonesty ...
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
22%
519
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, mind game, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, police investigation, master criminal, dishonesty, vengeance, betrayal, law enforcement, confined, survival ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A London detective tracking a serial killer finds the killers "truth or die" methods take him to New York to solve the case.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, private detective, dishonesty, murder, who done it, murderous pair, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, vengeance, woman strangled to death, maniac, murder, violence, partners against crime, mentally unstable, stalking, chases and races ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, future
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A first time landlord purchases a run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in hopes of making a solid investment. Everything seems to be going smoothly until, one by one, the tenants begin to meet strange, untimely gruesome deaths.
Style:
scary, serious, bleak, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot:
investigation, dual identity, danger, law enforcement, pursuit, crossdresser, transvestite, old dark house, home invasion, drug, self mutilation, landlord ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, political corruption, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
20%
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